verse 1G/DG/C#G/B
Honey, don't you be yelling at me
G/AGG/F#EmG/A
when I'm cleaning my gun
G/DG/C#G/B
I'll wash the blood off the tailgate
G/AGG/F#EmG/B
when deer season's done
GA7sus2
We got one more weekend to go
GG/F#EmG/B
And I'd like to kill one more doe
InstrumentalG/DG/C#Em/GEm/F#GG/F#A7sus2verse 2G/DG/C#G/B
So I'll shovel the sidewalk again
G/AGG/F#EmG/A
'cause you're still in a stew
G/DG/C#G/B
I bet the bridge tender's widow won't mind
G/AGG/F#EmG/A
that I can't please you
GA7sus2
She's sure got the run of the men
GG/F#Em
Out here where the pickin's are thin
G/B
and there's not much to do
InstrumentalG/DG/C#Em/GEm/F#GG/F#EmG/A
Bridge
Bm
I woke up last night in the grip of a fright
G
scared to breathe for I might make a noise
Bm
This life that we craved so little we saved
GA7sus2
between the grandparents graves and the grandchildren's toys
verse 3G/DG/C#G/B
We grew up hard and our children
G/AGG/F#EmG/A
don't know what that means
G/DG/C#G/B
We turned into our parents before
G/AGG/F#EmG/A
we were out of our teens
GA7sus2
Through a series of Chevys and Fords
GG/F#Em
The occasional spin round the floor
G/B
at the Copper Canteen
InstrumentalG/DG/C#Em/GEm/GEm/F#EmGG/F#A7sus2verse 4G/DG/C#G/B
Now the big boxes out on the bypass
G/AGG/F#EmG/A
are shaving us thin
G/DG/C#G/B
I guess we'll hold on a couple more years
G/AGG/F#EmG/A
'til the pension kicks in
GA7sus2
Then we'll sell all the stock in the store
GG/F#Em
Leave only the lock on the door
G/B
And wonder what then
InstrumentalG/DG/C#G/C#G/BG/AG/BEmGG/F#EmG/B
Bridge
Bm
When I wake up at night in the grip of a fright
G
and you hold me so tight to your chest
Bm
Then your breath on my skin still pulls me back in
GA7sus2
'til I'm weightless and then I can rest
Verse 5
G/DG/C#G/B
So if Monsignor should pull you aside
G/AGG/F#EmG/A
as you're leaving the church
G/DG/C#G/B
And I'm out on the ice, dropping lines
G/AGG/F#EmG/A
for the walleye and perch
GA7sus2
Tell him it's not your job to bring me to the fold
GG/F#EmG/A
And I'd rather stand out in the cold
Verse 6
G/DG/C#G/B
And honey I know that the woodpile's low
G/AGG/F#EmG/A
and you can't close the flue
G/DG/C#G/B
So I'll split up a couple more cords
G/AGG/F#EmG/A
'fore the winter time's through
GA7sus2
Hold on to your rosary beads
GG/F#Em
Leave me to my mischievous deeds
G/A
like we always do
Outro
G/DG/C#Em/GEm/F#GG/F#A7sus2G/DG/C#Em/GEm/F#A7sus2G